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UNITED STATES Patented February .16, 1904.

PATENT OFFIGE.

HUGO DICKE, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB EDUABDGOLDSCHMID, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN,

GERMANT; I

,WELDING AP'PARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,208, dated February16, 1904.

Application filed $eptember 14, 1901. Serial N0. 75,372. (No model.)

To alZ'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO DIoKE, head engineer, residing at NeueMainzerstrasse No. 14, Frankfort-on-the Main, German Empire, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Welding Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to an apparatus to be applied in heatingand welding metal, wherein a flame or several flames of water-gas is orare used for the purpose of locally heating a certain portion of thematerial with a view of welding parts of that portion.

The new apparatus is adapted to be used in such cases where it isdesirable to work on a piece to be welded at two difl erent places.

Especially the apparatus maybe applied together with a fixed burneras,for instance, such as described in my prior application, Serial No.55,489, of April 12, 1901, and in my application filed with the presentone.

In the accompanying drawing the apparatus is represented.

The figure shows a pair of burners which are carried by a movablesupport in such a way that they may be employed at diiferent points of aworkshop.

0' and F are two water-gas burners carried, respectively, by the feedingtubes B and E for the gas and B and E for the air.

These tubes are formed in a loop or fork, at the apex of which rubbertubes B and E are connected, which lead to the air and gas reservoirs,respectively. The tubes B and B E and E are connected by braces B and Eto form a self supporting structure. The parts B B of the tubes B Bmaybe elastic, and for that purpose rubber tubes may be employed. Inthis case a lever E pivoted at E, is used to lift the front parts of thetubes B B which are weighted by the burner C. This burner is releasedafter having been brought to its place of work. The entire structure issuspended by the hook B to rope E and may be carried thereby to anydesirable place.

Now what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is thefollowing:

1, In an apparatus for locally heating metals for welding purposes, thecombination of an upper burner, a lower burner, air and gas pipesforming a portable forked structure or yoke connected to and supportingeach of said burners, means for adjusting the burners with respect toeach other, and means for freely suspending said yoke.

2. In an apparatus for locally heating metals for welding purposes, thecombination of an upper burner, a lower burner, air and gas pipesconnected to and supporting each of said burners, said pipes beingunited at their rear ends to form a forked structure, and a flexibleconnection in one side of said forked structure, whereby the burners areadjustable with respect to each other.

3. In an apparatus for locally heating metals for welding purposes, thecombination of an upper burner, a lower burner, air and gas pipesconnected to each burner, said pipes being united at their rear ends toform a forked structure, cross-braces connecting the pipes of eachburner, and a flexible. connection in one side of said forked structure,whereby the burners are adjustable with respect to each other.

4:. In an apparatus for locally heating metal for welding purposes, thecombination of an upper burner, a lower burner, air and gas pipesconnected to each burner, said pipes being united at their rear ends toform a forked structure, cross-braces connecting the pipes of eachburner, a flexible connection in one side of said forked structure,means for suspending said apparatus from an overhead support, and meansfor adjusting the flexible burner toward and from the other burner.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO DICKE.

Witnesses Hummus WEIL, EVA SATTLER.

